She stands at the tall height of 5 ft 3 in with the bodyweight of 56 KG. She maintains her body a lot which makes her looks very young. However, she dropped out of high school at the age of 16 after landing a film role.īeing in the sixties, Bo Derek still looks so beautiful. Patton Continuation School in California. As per her education, she studied at the Narbonne High School and George S. As of 2019, she celebrated her 63rd birthday.
She was born with the born name or full name of Mary Cathleen Collins.
She has German, Welsh, Irish, and Dutch ancestry. Her nationality is American and she belongs to American-White ethnicity. She also has three siblings, two sisters Kerry Perez and a brother.
Her parents divorced, and her mother married American stunt performer Bobby Bass. She was born to her parents Paul Collins (father), who is an executive at the Hobie Cat Company and Norma Bass (mother), who is a make-up Artist, Hairdresser to actress Ann-Margret. On 20th November 1956, Bo Derek was born in Long Beach, California, the USA. She is best known for her role as Jenny Hanley in the sex comedy "10" (1979). I think the secret is just to enjoy being Derek is famous for being a successful film and television actress, film producer, and model. "I have a lot of friends that get divorces. But I played a part that certainly became iconic for sure.' Corbett has echoed Derek's views on marriage in the past, telling the Huffington Post in 2016 that the secret to a successful relationship is not getting married at all. 'People say I’m an icon, whatever that means. On the other side, Bo made a splash while strutting her stuff across the beach in a swimsuit. We’re starting to get a little more settled,' she quipped. We take things day by day and I think we are still there. He’s full of life, full of joy.' She shared: 'I became attracted to him and I still am. However, she explained that when she met Corbett she felt 'just an attraction, a comfort. Before she met her current beau she thought she would never find love again, having lost her husband John Derek to heart failure in 1998. 'I think when you’re beginning a young family and you're going to have children and set up this new family tree branch, it’s obviously a wonderful commitment and it’s meaningful,' she explained. Bo Derek revealed why she and John Corbett have never decided to get married amid their romance of 18 years.
Derek, 63, and Corbett, 59, first began dating in 2002. Though Bo Derek and John Corbett have been together for nearly 20 years, they have no plans to marry any time soon. As of today, she is residing in Santa Ynez, California, in the USA. She has more than 47k followers on Twitter, more than 8k followers on Facebook, and more than 30k followers on Instagram. She launched her own line of animal care products called "Bo Derek Pet Care" in the year 2017. At present, she makes occasional film, television, and documentary appearances. She was directed by husband John Derek in Fantasies, Tarzan, the Ape Man (both 1981), Bolero (1984) and Ghosts Can't Do It (1989), all of which received negative reviews. She beat contemporaries like Melanie Griffith and Heather Thomas for the part. She is well-known for her film role in the sex comedy "10" (1979) as her role, Jenny Hanley, wherein she is seen running in a flesh-colored swimsuit with cornrows, turned her into an instant sex symbol and pin-up girl. An American film and television actress, film producer, as well as a model, is named for Bo Derek.